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Things didn't end well for the last guy...

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't know, I still think Putin has info on Trump that Trump really doesn't want to be public for whatever reason. So I'm thinking he would defer to Putin.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I used to think that, but there's nothing Trump could have done that the loony right wing public wouldn't gleefully dismiss as not important. (Well, apart from a lewd orgy with trans Muslim Mexican immigrants, but I don't think any of those exist, and Trump would just call it faked anyway.)

Now I think that Putin just rings him up to tell him what a great president he is and all the world admires how strong a leader he is, not like those weak Democrats who (insert policy Putin wants dropped), no, Trump is a strong and courageous leader and everyone can tell how strong and virile he is because he supports policies like (insert policy that Putin wants implemented).

I mean maybe there's a video of Trump shouting "Yes, shove that big beautiful black dildo in me harder!", but I don't think it's necessary at all. See how easy it was for the North Korean president to get Trump to completely change direction. He just sweet talked him for a bit. Trump is an absolute sucker for someone he perceives as strong telling him he's great. American foreign policy is at the whim of any world leader who can make Trump feel proud of himself for a week.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whether or not the public would dismiss it and whether or not he thinks they would dismiss it are two very different things.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Which does point towards some non-hetero sexcapade, because pretty much everything else he's famous for already having done.

I still think he's pathetically easy to manipulate for dictators.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Putin probably gave him a few billion to buy him. It's peanuts money for an oligarch. Putin could reveal the amount and banking details, how much was invested into the different building projects Trump is so proud of.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At this point, I'm not sure that would be enough to sink him.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

but there’s nothing Trump could have done that the loony right wing public wouldn’t gleefully dismiss as not important.

Young boys. It's the only thing I can think of that might sway enough of them.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They just wouldn't believe it. They wouldn't accept that it was real, and any investigation would either confirm that belief or be obviously political and corrupt.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

You're right. And now with AI, they have all the plausible deniability they need.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"There's a big secret that somebody knows that will totally sink Trump's career at long last and if we can just find what it is and tell everyone else we'll win" is a lie liberals have been feeding to one another for thirteen years running.

We have him glad-handing Jeffery Epstein and nobody seems to fucking care. We have him on record paying off prostitutes and taking bribes from the Saudis and implying he'd like to fuck his daughter. We have videos of him saying insane shit about having sex on a yacht during a speech to the fucking Boy Scouts. We have him rambling incoherently about "Eating the Dogs and the Cats" in the middle of a national debate.

But don't worry, there's something even deeper and weirder and crazier. And that's going to make all the difference.

And that's why he's friends with Vladimir Putin. It's certainly not just that they're both white nationalists who agree with each others' politics.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 2 points 2 days ago

Have you never heard of Nineteen Eighty Four? There is nothing that can sway Trump' supporters. 2+2=5